I Want to Meet a Ghost. And I Mean That Seriously. - Zsolt Zsemba

Not a huge horror fan. Still genuinely fascinated by ghosts, the paranormal, and what it would mean if consciousness survives death?

Zsolt Zsemba

An interesting post (Blog) from Prof. Murphy which gets the ‘little grey cells’ to ponder the; what ifs…

“I want to find the answer to the question, what is our economy now all about?

What is now clear is that it is not about creating further technologies that will forever be beyond human capacity to use. Instead, it has to be about how we advance human capability. It is only by investing in people, meeting their needs, and providing them with the freedom from fear that they need to explore their own capacity to live well that we can now see a rate of return on the resources available in this world. The amazing and useful coincidence is that by doing so, we can also avert the major consequences of climate change.”

Link to his blog:

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05/04/when-theres-nothing-left-for-markets-to-invest-in-what-can-we-do/

#ClimateCrisis #GenAISlop #AIBubble #Economy #NeoLiberalism #WhatComesNext #FinancialMarkets #Oligarchy #TechBros #Globalisation

When there’s nothing left for markets to invest in, what can we do?

One of my recurring themes on this blog lately has been the failure of neoliberalism to find any use for the money saved in our economies. I am not alone in noticing this theme. Martin Wolf in the Financial Times has, for example, written for several years about the problem of...

Funding the Future

We aren't being replaced. We're being promoted.

AI = action layer (HOW to execute)
Humans = alignment layer (WHY it matters)

From optimization to steering civilization.

The choices we make now determine what becomes inevitable.

Available for Broadcast on PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/p/597921

#Thoughtful #Civilization #WhatComesNext

吝 The Symbiotic Blueprint: Intelligence, Entropy, and Economics

In this urgent deep dive, hosts explore The Last Economy by Emad Mostaque, examining how artificial intelligence is shattering our economic foundations in a thousand-day window. Blending physics, history, and visionary thinking, they ask: What happens when intelligence becomes infinite and cheap? And how do we choose a future where humans and AI thrive together?

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As they took in the view from the twentieth floor, the lights went out all over the city. Shocked, they reached for their phone before realizing that it was a pointless exercise. It looked like the grid had finally reached it's limit with the latest heat wave. It was the worst in a chain of ever higher ones. Each one placing a greater strain on the city grid as people tried to cool off. Would the power come back this time?

They cracked the windows, letting the hot, smoggy, night air drift in, the heat causing their skin to prickle, the humidity making their lungs to gasp. If this was what we had been left then so be it. The neighbors had been starting to help each other setup solar charging points on the roof and balconies which should allow the most vulnerable along them in the building to keep their life saving equipment running through the night and run small fans for everyone during the day. They had it better than most. A stable job, though it paid far too little, at the RoboCorp factory and a roof over their heads that was owned by all the tenets outright, not some scumbag landlord.

A knock on the door startled them from their reverie...

#creativewriting #whatcomesnext
Iron Man from Joe & The Juice ⚙️🍓🍎🍋 — but this time, there’s a twist.
One sip, and you’ll know something’s coming… 👀
#IronManJuice #JoeAndTheJuice #SipTheUnexpected #WhatComesNext

Gov Pritzker's State of the State / "What Comes Next" speech today was (3 minutes of it) featured on Maddow, and it was excellent.

I think this video is the entire speech, but it's cued up to a particularly salient passage, where he talks about Nazis.

#pritzker #uspol #whatcomesnext

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS66O1C7Gp4&t=332s

Gov. Pritzker SLAMS Trump and Musk in closing remarks of State of the State address

YouTube

Big Mike has been evolving since the Google Glass days—unlocking new levels and getting Comic Book Guy strong again. 💥 But what’s next? That’s the real question. 😏

#BigMikeEvolves #ComicBookGuyStrong #TheJourneyContinues #WhatComesNext #StillGeekingOut #LevelingUp

“Thanks to Ukrainians, the international legal order is sustained. It depends on the principle that borders are inviolable, which they are defending... Should Americans choose to weaken Ukraine, this will change quickly. And Ukraine is deterring China from offensive actions in the Pacific Ocean by showing how difficult such operations are.”

#TimothySnyder
#USPolitics #Election2024 #WhatComesNext #trump

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/opinion/trump-ukraine-china-world-order/

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https://archive.ph/2024.11.13-115752/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/opinion/trump-ukraine-china-world-order/

Opinion | Timothy Snyder on Trump's plans for Ukraine

Will Trump concede America’s great source of strength or nourish it?

The Boston Globe
Opinion | ‘People Are in for a Really Rude Shock’ on Trump’s Economy

The economist and Times Opinion columnist Paul Krugman details the president-elect’s “seriously inflationary” economic plans.

The New York Times
An Announcement from the Board Regarding the Future of IxDA

For those of you who have been waiting for an update since our Interaction 24 post, thank you for your patience. And for those of you who have been following along either actively or passively, tha…

Interaction Design Association – IxDA